Executive Director Noémi Giszpenc attended the New Economy Coalition conference “CommonBound” in Boston this past weekend. The themes of inclusion, of re-invention, of creative thinking and attentive listening, resonated throughout the gathering. While we are definitely seeking a change from the dominant status quo, as attendee Kwabena Nkromo from Atlanta said, “A lot of the
For Immediate Release 6/5/2014 Contact: Maureen Carroll, Cooperative Development Institute, Cooperative Development Specialist, 413-665-1271 (ext. 16), mcarroll@cdi.coop Two Massachusetts Communities Become Resident-Owned Co-ops In A Single Day Residents are using the democratic ownership and governance model to take control over issues of health and rent Middleborough and Lakeville, MA: Home-owners in two 55-and-older, back-to-back
Do you live in NYC and have an interest in creating change at the legislative level? Are the cooperative movement and more just economic policies important to you? The Progressive Caucus of the New York City Council is looking for a full-time Coordinator to facilitate the operations of the Caucus! This individual will be hired
Real Pickles celebrated their first year as a cooperative worker-owned business, along with their worker-owned cooperative neighbors Artisan Beverage Cooperative (also celebrating year one) and Pioneer Valley Photovoltaics (celebrating 12 years)! The three businesses joined together to throw a neighborhood block party at 311 Wells Street in Greenfield and celebrated with live music, a bottomless
Early in CDI’s history, we were part of forming a national network of our peers, cooperative development centers and practitioners throughout the United States. Cooperation Works!, named after the book by E.G. Nadeau and David Thompson, provides professional development training and ongoing peer support for people engaged in cooperative development. As co-op development becomes an
Founded in 1974 during the “natural foods” wave of food co-op creation, the North Country Food Co-op in Plattsburgh, NY has been a long-established fixture of this upstate NY town. It achieved important milestones such as owning its own building (including a second-floor community space) and growing to 1,800 member-owners. CDI’s own Jeremiah Ward, who
In an effort to help people better understand what CDI does – and why our work is so crucial – we turned to the best asset we have. Our staff. The people who work at CDI are, if we may say so ourselves, brilliant at and passionate about what they do. They’re also proud of
Exciting news, another great job opportunity has been posted! Do you want to help grow the cooperative movement? Is connecting students to cooperative ethics, practices and principles something you think is essential and important? Are you Chicago based, or interested in moving to the windy city? If so, there is a great opening that could
Our worker co-op friends in NYC are up to it again! Today, May 14th, was the first ever Worker Cooperative Advocacy day in NYC. Participants from inspiring organizations such as The Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies (FPWA), Green Worker Cooperatives, New York City Network of Worker Cooperatives, SCO Family Services- Center for Family Life, Make
Below is an inspiring video montage of senior citizens from various resident-owned-communities. Initially, these seniors might have simply been looking forward to a quiet retirement. But in these democratically owned and run co-op communities, they instead found themselves participating in decision making, improving their communities, and looking out for each other – and loving it!
